Meerabi Chunduru an avid practitioner and advocate of natural farming techniques, works at her farm in Aremanda village in Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Chunduru said she switched to the practice after her husband’s health deteriorated, which she believes is because of prolonged exposure to some harmful pesticides. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
M Jojiamma, a natural farmer, feeds buffaloes at her house in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The area has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A farmer separates chaff from wheat grains in Aremanda village in Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Farm workers pack freshly harvested cauliflowers at a farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
V Vanisaree, center, district project manager RySS, a regional government backed not-for-profit that promotes natural farming, explains the techniques involving natural fertilizer to members of a group in Pamidipadu village, Bapatla district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
V Vanisaree, center, district project manager RySS, a regional government backed not-for-profit that promotes natural farming, demonstrates techniques of how to shield seeds with natural inoculants to the members of a group in Pamidipadu village, Bapatla district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Ratna Raju a farmer who is part of a collective who practice natural farming, harvests spinach at his farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soil can absorb more water because it's more porous than pesticide-laden soil which is crusty and dry. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Ratna Raju, a farmer who is part of a collective that practices natural farming, works at his farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soil can absorb more water because it's more porous than pesticide-laden soil which is crusty and dry. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Workers carry cattle dung, used to make natural fertilizer, in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The area has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
D Rani, a natural farmer, harvests peas as she works at her farm in Pamidipadu village, Bapatla district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. The area has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Meerabi Chunduru, right, an avid practitioner and advocate of natural farming techniques, is assisted by Bhaskar Rao as they prepare 'Ghana Jeevamrtutham', a natural dry pesticide inoculant at her farm in Aremanda village in Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Chunduru said she switched to the practice after her husband’s health deteriorated, which she believes is because of prolonged exposure to some harmful pesticides. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Bhaskar Rao, right, a farm worker, sprays natural pesticide as Meerabi Chunduru, left, an avid practitioner and advocate of natural farming techniques, works at her farm in Aremanda village in Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. The area has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Bhaskar Rao, a farm worker, sprays natural pesticide at a multi-crop farm belonging to Meerabi Chunduru, an avid practitioner and advocate of natural farming techniques, in Aremanda village in Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. The area has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Meerabi Chunduru, an avid practitioner and advocate of natural farming techniques, pours natural pesticide into a sprayer carried by a worker at her farm in Aremanda village in Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Chunduru said she switched to the practice after her husband’s health deteriorated, which she believes is because of prolonged exposure to some harmful pesticides. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Meerabi Chunduru, an avid practitioner and advocate of natural farming techniques, works at her farm in Aremanda village in Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Ratna Raju, a farmer who is part of a collective who practice natural farming, sprays natural pesticide on his farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soil can absorb more water because it's more porous than pesticide-laden soil which is crusty and dry. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)